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The Penny Post is any one of several postal systems in which normal letters could be sent for one penny
Penny

A penny is a coin or a unit of currency used in several English-speaking countries....
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he Kingdom of England
Kingdom of England

The Kingdom of England was, from 927 to 1707, a state in North-West Europe. The Kingdom of England spanned the southern two-thirds of the island of Great Britain and a number of smaller outlying islands?what is today the legal unit of England and Wales....
, the London Penny Post was established in 1680 by William Dockwra
William Dockwra

William Dockwra was an England entrepreneur who created the first penny post. He was born in the City of London, the son of an armourer, and was baptised on 26 April 1635....
, who established a local post
Local post

A local post is a mail service that operates only within a limited geographical area, typically a city or a single transportation route. Historically, some local posts have been operated by governments, while others, known as private local posts have been for-profit companies....
 that used a uniform rate of one old penny
Pound sterling

----The pound sterling , subdivided into 100 pence , is the currency of the United Kingdom, its Crown dependency and the British Overseas Territories of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands and British Antarctic Territory....
 for delivery of packets up to one pound
Pound (mass)

The pound or pound-mass is a Units of measurement of massused in the Imperial unit, United States customary units and other systems of measurement....
 within London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
. There were several deliveries a day within the city, and items were also delivered to addresses up to ten miles outside London for an extra charge of one penny.






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The Penny Post is any one of several postal systems in which normal letters could be sent for one penny
Penny

A penny is a coin or a unit of currency used in several English-speaking countries....
.

United Kingdom


London Penny Post

In the Kingdom of England
Kingdom of England

The Kingdom of England was, from 927 to 1707, a state in North-West Europe. The Kingdom of England spanned the southern two-thirds of the island of Great Britain and a number of smaller outlying islands?what is today the legal unit of England and Wales....
, the London Penny Post was established in 1680 by William Dockwra
William Dockwra

William Dockwra was an England entrepreneur who created the first penny post. He was born in the City of London, the son of an armourer, and was baptised on 26 April 1635....
, who established a local post
Local post

A local post is a mail service that operates only within a limited geographical area, typically a city or a single transportation route. Historically, some local posts have been operated by governments, while others, known as private local posts have been for-profit companies....
 that used a uniform rate of one old penny
Pound sterling

----The pound sterling , subdivided into 100 pence , is the currency of the United Kingdom, its Crown dependency and the British Overseas Territories of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands and British Antarctic Territory....
 for delivery of packets up to one pound
Pound (mass)

The pound or pound-mass is a Units of measurement of massused in the Imperial unit, United States customary units and other systems of measurement....
 within London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
. There were several deliveries a day within the city, and items were also delivered to addresses up to ten miles outside London for an extra charge of one penny. In 1683 Dockwra was forced to surrender his business to the government operated General Post Office.

Local Penny Post

In 1765 Parliament authorized the creation of Penny Posts in any town or city of the kingdoms of Great Britain
Kingdom of Great Britain

The Kingdom of Great Britain, also known as the United Kingdom of Great Britain, was a country in North-West Europe, in existence from 1707 to 1801....
 and Ireland
Kingdom of Ireland

The Kingdom of Ireland was the name given to the Irish state from 1541, by the Crown of Ireland Act 1542 of the Parliament of Ireland. It was based on the contested legitimacy of the right of conquest....
. The single postage rate of one penny was charged within the area, calculated by weight. By the beginning of the 19th century there were many of these, identifiable on covers
Cover (philately)

In philately, a cover is an envelope or package, typically with postage stamp that have been cancelled.The term originates from the practice of covering a letter by folding a separate sheet about it to physically protect and prevent infringement of confidentiality....
, with markings such as "PP", "Py Post", or "Penny Post" along with the name of the town.

Uniform Penny Post

On 10 January 1840, the Uniform Penny Post was established throughout the UK, and from 6 May could be prepaid with the postage stamp
Postage stamp

A postage stamp is adhesive paper evidence of a fee paid for Mail services. Usually a small rectangle attached to an envelope, the stamp signifies the person sending it has fully or partly paid for delivery....
 known as the Penny Black
Penny Black

The Penny Black, the world's first adhesive postage stamp of a public postal system, was issued by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland on 1 May, 1840, for use from 6 May of that year....
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Imperial Penny Post

In 1898, the Imperial Penny Post extended the rate throughout the British Empire
British Empire

The British Empire comprised the dominions, Crown colony, protectorates, League of Nations mandate, and other Dependent territory ruled or administered by the United Kingdom , that had originated with the overseas colonies and trading posts established by England in the late 16th and early 17th centuries....
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The Penny Post rate ended in Great Britain in 1918.

United States


In the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
, Spaulding's Penny Post operated in Buffalo, New York
Buffalo, New York

Buffalo , is the second largest city in the state of New York. Located in Western New York on the eastern shores of Lake Erie and at the head of the Niagara River, Buffalo is the principal city of the Buffalo-Niagara Falls metropolitan area and the county seat of Erie County, New York....
 from 1847 to 1850.

Davis' Penny Post operated in Baltimore, Maryland
Baltimore, Maryland

Baltimore is an independent city and the largest city in the U.S. state of Maryland in the United States. Baltimore is located in central Maryland along the tidal portion of the Patapsco River, an arm of the Chesapeake Bay....
 for several weeks of February 1856, leaving behind a handful of rare stamps.

The Penny Post is the journal of the Carriers and Locals Society, and was also the original name of The Cincinnati Post
The Cincinnati Post

The Cincinnati Post is a discontinued afternoon daily newspaper that was published in Cincinnati, Ohio. Distributed in Northern Kentucky as The Kentucky Post, it was owned by the E....
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